If I Ever Get Out of Here
by Eric Gansworth
Lewis Blake is the only Tuscarora reservation kid tracked with the "brainiacs" in... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- American Indian
Year Published 2013
Word Count 99,668
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 870L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 159824
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Music
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Ethnic relations
- Identity
- Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction
- Tuscarora Nation Reservation (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction
- Families of military personnel--Fiction
- New York (State)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Tuscarora Indians
- Identity--Fiction
- Families of military personnel
- Tuscarora Nation Reservation (N.Y.)--Fiction
- Indians of North America--New York (State)--Fiction
- New York (State)
- Families of military personnel--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Native American
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Homelessness & Poverty
- Tuscarora Nation Reservation (N.Y.)
- Identity (Psychology)
- Tuscarora Indians--Juvenile fiction
- New York (State)--Ethnic relations--Juvenile fiction
- History
- Race relations--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- New York (State)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Friendship
- Race relations
- Tuscarora Indians--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Indians of North America
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Eric Gansworth about If I Ever Get Out of Here
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Eric Gansworth
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Eric Gansworth
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Awards & Distinctions 9

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Audiobooks Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2014

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2020
Multicultural and International Honor, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Middle Selection, 2013
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